In Memoriam Vitaly Ivanovich Khalturin

Vitaly Khalturin in 1976, working with graduate students in his home in Garm, Tajikistan (photo by Tatyana Rautian)

These pages are dedicated to the memory of Vitaly Ivanovich Khalturin, whose work was based in Central Asia for more than forty years. He worked at Lamont from 1993 to 2005. His life was extraordinary for its scientific impact, and for its human impact on the lives of many people.

Further contributions to these pages are welcome --- please send comments, reminiscences, and pictures to Kathryn Kennedy, kathryn@LDEO.columbia.edu

In late April 2007, members of Vitaly's family and several friends gathered in Palo Alto to remember him. At that time, many family photographs and written recollections were displayed. Some of them are included here, as items contributed by Tanya Rautian. Peter Molnar has contributed photos of Vitaly and an account of his visits to the settings in Central Asia where Vitaly worked.

There is also a short biographical sketch of Vitaly, which he prepared himself for the International Handbook on Earthquakes and Engineering Seismology; and a link to some of Vitaly's scientific papers.